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Why Cross River Should Be Earning Much More Income From Tourism Than We Ever Did BY PAMELA BRAIDE

I have been looking at Bauchi State and I am amazed. I had really hoped that with the economy reducing foreign travel (it is EXPENSIVE), Cross River State would reap the money for holidays, honeymoons, conferences and other events that may have been done outside the country. Other States are positioning for the market share

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How The Garment Factory Can Succeed: A Feasibility Questionnaire BY PRINCEWILL ODIDI

  The garment factory is one of Ayade’s projects I whole heartedly support and I am definite if properly managed and duplicated in all the three zones in the state, has the ability to generate skilled employment and in the long run we can capture not only the African market and key into her products

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The Role Of Youth In Fostering Enterprise Innovation In A Future Of Knowledge Economy BY EMMANUEL ETIM

INTRODUCTION: Recently, President of The United States, Barack Obama in a town hall address to Britain’s youth said “Your capacity to shape this world is unmatched, what an incredible privilege that is. And you’ve never had better tools to make a difference, to forge a better UK and a better world”. This is true for

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Okhma Wins Calabar Carnival Marketing Rights

By Adedeji Ademigbujion Cross River State Carnival Commission, the agency which oversees the Calabar Carnival, has announced Okhma Global Limited, a marketing consulting firm based in Lagos, as lead marketing company for the carnival. Its responsibilities include, to increase the fund by more than 80 percent of the current revenue from marketing, and also provide

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Governor Ben Ayade’s Garment Factory: ‘’Biting The Bullet’’ BY OROK DUKE

PREAMBLE: To “bite the bullet” is to endure a painful or otherwise unpleasant situation that is seen as unavoidable. This phrase is believed to have derived historically from the practice of having a patient clench a bullet in his or her teeth as a way to cope with the extreme pain of a surgical procedure

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Standard Organization Of Nigeria Raids Business Outfits In Calabar For Substandard Products

By Our Reporter The Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON), Cross River State office has raided and confiscated unspecified number of expired and substandard products ranging from vehicle tires, packaged food items as well as electric wires in Calabar, the State capital. The streets affected by the ongoing raid for substandard products are Bedwell, Nelson Mandela,

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Cross River Signage And Advertisement Agency To Launch Calabar Creative Hub – DG

By CrossRiverWatch admin The Director General, Cross River State Signage and Advertisement Agency, CRISSAA Mr. Stanley Nsemo-Livingstone has disclosed that his agency will soon launch Calabar Creative Hub, an idea creation and birth center project. Speaking with CrossRiverWatch he explained that “Calabar Creative Hub is a limited liability company, its Bureau of Public Private Partnership

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Ayade Opens Oil & Gas Workshop In Calabar, Express Worry Over Failing Of Local Content Act, 2010

By Paulyne Eba and Ojong Agbor The State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has expressed worries over the inability of the local content Act of 2010 to fully actualize the objectives for which it was enacted. The Governor made this remarks while declaring open a 3-day stakeholders interactive workshop holding at the Calabar International Convention Centre

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